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<HTML><HEAD><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type"CONTENT="text/html; charset=x-mac-roman"/><META NAME="GENERATOR"CONTENT="[4th Dimension 2004 Macintosh]"/><TITLE>Dean Cornwell art at auction</TITLE> <META NAME="keywords" content= "auction, Cornwell, Dean, illustration, art, preliminary for portrait, , , , "/><META NAME="description" content= "Original art: Theodore Vail, president of AT&T."/></HEAD><BODY BGCOLOR="GRAY"TEXT="BLACK"Link="blue"VLink="navy"Alink="green"><P><CENTER><Table><TABLE BORDER=0=100%TABLE WIDTH=85% frame=vsides> <TR><TD COLSPAN=1 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=RIGHT><A HREF="a38_019.html"><IMG SRC="../buactpv.jpg"BORDER=0><br><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>PREV</a></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><A HREF="../a38_bidform.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>Absentee<BR>Bid Form</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><A HREF="../auclist2a38.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>LIST<BR>of LOTS</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=BOTTOM><A HREF="../../../home.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=5>Illustration<BR>House</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><A HREF="../a38_index.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>INDEX to <BR>ARTISTS</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><A HREF="../a38_terms.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>Terms of<BR>Sale</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=1 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=LEFT><A HREF="a38_021.html"><IMG SRC="../buactnx.jpg"BORDER=0><br><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>NEXT</a></TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=8 ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP><IMG SRC="../a38pix/a38_020.jpg"BORDER=1></TD><TD COLSPAN=2><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=1><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=1 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=4>Lot 20</TD><TD COLSPAN=6 ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Palatino,serif"SIZE=5><B>Dean Cornwell</B></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Palatino,serif"SIZE=2>1892-1960</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=8 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=3><FONT FACE=Palatino,serif>Preliminary version of monumental portrait of Theodore Vail, president of AT& T.</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=8 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=3> Oil on canvas, 57 x 67", not signed.</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=8 ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Palatino,serif"SIZE=2>Estimate: $8,000 - 16,000</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=8 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2>In this portrait, Vail, depicted as he would have looked around 1910, surrounded by objects emblematic of his career, as he was instrumental to the globalization of telephone communications. The lot includes a copy of the 50th Anniversary issue of Topics, a house publication of AT& T. This issue features the completed portrait on the cover as well as a complete reproduction of the vast mural Cornwell made for the headquarters, entitled, �Telephone Men and Women at Work�. In her biography of Cornwell, Pat Broder dates the portraits ca. 1953, and it is likely that they were rather new at the time they were showcased in this issue.</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD> <TD COLSPAN=8 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2><IMG SRC="../a38pix/a38_020ts.jpg"BORDER=1></TD> <TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD> <TD COLSPAN=8 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2>Also included in the lot is a photo of the Board of Trustees and the board room, showing the finished portrait of Vail installed at the far end. There is a diagram included, identifying each board member. In the front and center is James McCormack, publisher of the Chicago Tribune, and one of the richest men in America at the time.</TD> <TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD> <TD COLSPAN=8 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2><IMG SRC="../a38pix/a38_20dt.jpg"BORDER=1></TD> <TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD> <TD COLSPAN=8 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2></TD> <TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD> <TD COLSPAN=8 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2></TD> <TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=1 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=RIGHT><A HREF="a38_019.html"><IMG SRC="../buactpv.jpg"BORDER=0><br><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>PREV</a></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><A HREF="../a38_bidform.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>Absentee<BR>Bid Form</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><A HREF="../auclist2a38.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>LIST<BR>of LOTS</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=BOTTOM><A HREF="../../../home.html"><IMG SRC="../ihlogo1in.gif"BORDER=1></A></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><A HREF="../a38_index.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>INDEX to <BR>ARTISTS</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><A HREF="../a38_terms.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>Terms of<BR>Sale</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=1 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=LEFT><A HREF="a38_021.html"><IMG SRC="../buactnx.jpg"BORDER=0><br><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>NEXT</a></TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=4 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE=Palatino,serif SIZE=2>110 West 25 Street<BR>New York, NY, 10001<BR>212 966-9444</FONT></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD></TR> </Table></BODY></HTML>